I call it Synergy.
That combination/dynamic where you know exactly what the setting you have the camera at will do, how the image will look, and what your subsequent viewers of the image will see over monitors and print.
This was the very first image where that occured to me.
It was in New York, in October 30th of 2007 when I took this picture. It was early morning, and I had gotten up extra early to try and take pictures of what I came across in NY. All my friends were at work.
It was me, my camera, and The City. By myself.
I was so scared to be honest. I didn’t know if I would survive the entire day without seeing a friend or hanging out.
Would I panick and give up? Would I call a friend and just hang out with them, or could I gut it out and see what happens?
I saw someone walking towards me. With my D200 and 17-35mm f/2.8 on it, I thought I saw something-composition/idea/whatever, I just knew that if I positioned him at the bottom and slightly over exposed the image, the bridge would just barely be there, but his black clothing would make him the emphasis of the image.
This was the first picture I took that day.
And it decided for me that I could survive and make it.
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Loved to read the story behind this picture, it gave me an other perspective to look at in what i saw in it!